Jose Iglesias second in Rookie of the Year voting

Rare is the Rookie of the Year candidate who’s traded in his debut season.

Such was the case with Detroit Tigers shortstop Jose Iglesias, who came over from the Boston Red Sox at the trade deadline, replacing the soon-to-be-suspended Jhonny Peralta for the eventual American League Central champions.

Iglesias was beaten out by a player who’d been traded last offseason — and came up midway through the regular season — falling 50 points shy of Tampa Bay outfielder Wil Myers (131-80) in the voting for the 2013 AL Jackie Robinson Award.